Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1927, Page 30

CLINE MURDER JURY selection of four jurors from the 52 lalenmen examined. With only 39 of talesmen who had reported re- NOW HAS 4 MEMBERS "“'“"“J.‘h"‘-f".:‘:l‘.“‘.n':é’:e’r Danel Second Panel Called to Fill Box. be necessary for the completion of Ihe jury. Mrs. Cline did not attend court. Mrs. Irwin, widow, and Prof. George THE MOHAMMEDAN CITY BECOMING MODERN Former Capital of Crimea Is Los- EVEN STAR, WASHINGTON, only two, it is sald, are wearing the veil and carefully avoiding strangers. A hundred mullahs, or Moslem priests, are reported to be without occupation and from only 2 of the 40 mosques may be heard the voice of the mullah summoning his followers to evening D. C., THURSDAY, SEP‘TEMBER 8, houses built of white Crimean stone, and movie posters often embellish the walls of old Mohammedan homes. Body of Mexican Slayer Found. MEXICO CITY, September 8 (P).— Special dispatches from Puebla report 1927. HEAT-CRAZED MAN SLAIN IN WILD CHASE Policeman and Three Bystanders who was stabbed in the log by the Mex- lcan, who a moment before had at- tempted to force a cab driver to give him & free ride, threatening him with a knife. The shooting took place opposite the Federal Building and the presence of an armored money car l»d first to a beliet that a post office robbery was were wounded in the legs by stray bullets. The only identification marks found on the dead man were the initials “J.P."” on a belt buckle, with & Mex- ican flag between the two letters, pESSSTIRERSuiisia v, Cuba, it transposed directly morth Trwin, brother of the man Cline is ac- |cused’ of slaying, have arrived 'in | Rockville, presumably to be ready to testify for the State when the occa- sion arrives. Mrs. Irwin was at Cline’s home up to within a few hours of the time of the trage@y. George Irwin is a member of the faculty of Washing- ton and Les University, - Lexington, a. discovery of a body last Thursday near El Moral, identified as that of Fran- cisco Perez, leader of alleged agrarians who on August 3, 1924, murdered Mrs. Rosalie Evans near Texmelucan as she was driving to her ranch from San Martin. Mystery shrouds the death of Perez. He was tried for the murder of Mrs. Evans, the trfal dragging over a long period as defense attorneys took ad- vantage of numerous legal loopholes offered for delays and he finally suc- ceeded in escaping from prison. would extend from New York City to Indiana, with Havana farther west than the City of Cleveland. . —— ] prayer. The population of the city s rapidly decreasing. From 25,000 in 1914 it has dropped to 9,000 in 1927. The Mo- hammedan school, built by the great Crimean Sultan, Mengli-Girey-Kahn in 1500, still remains, and to penetrate it the visitor, after leaving his shoes at the threshold, must bend his head low, for the heavy chain placed there by the Orlental despot 427 years ago still hangs across the portal. The influence of modern civilization is apparent. Electricity is in use everywhere in the small flat-roofed Wounded When Mexican Tries to Get Free Ride. taking place. After wounding the officer, the Mex- fcan fled up Federal street, pursued by Hackert, who fired several shots. The shooting brought two other police- men and a Federal Building guard, who joined the chase, which ended only when the Mexican staggered into a shoe store on Federal street and dropped dead, a bullet through his head, and another in his back. ‘The wounded, besides the police- man, were Frederick Plerce, a prohi- bitlon agent: Joseph Nickodem, a mail carrier, and D. G. McMahon. All Slain Man’s Relatives At- tend Trial. ing Character in March of Progress. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, September 8.—An unl- dentified, and apparently heat-crazed Mexican was shot and killed, a police- man and three bystanders wounded, and hundreds of lunch-hour nluerlhy imperiled in a wild chase through Chicago’s loop yesterday. The shooting followed the wounding of Mounted Policeman J. J. Hackert, Correspondence of the Associated Press. BACKCHISARAI Crimea—Backchi sarai, the city of 65 fountains and in- numerable gardens, once the Moham- medan capital of the Crimean Horde and the seat of the Crimean Sultans, is rapidly losing its ancient Kastern aspect, Of 2,000 women living in the city, By the Associated Press. ROCKVILLE, Conn., September 8.— A second panel was under call today for selection of a jury to try Leonard Cline, novelist and playright, on the charge that on May 16 he murdered his friend and house guest, Wilfrod P. Irwin, in Mansfield. 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